The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan TD is seeking expressions of interest for appointments to the Board of Pobal in a non-executive capacity.

Pobal is a not-for-profit organisation with charitable status that manages various funding programmes on behalf of the Irish Government and the EU. Its role is to encourage the piloting of new initiatives and to contribute to policy development.

The purpose of this process is to fill vacancies on the Board of Pobal that will arise at their Annual General Meeting, scheduled for October 2012. All appointments will be made in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Pobal.

More information is available on the website of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government www.environ.ie.